Can-labeling.



W. E. TAYLOR cm LABELING. 7 APPLICATION FILED IUNE 2. I913.

lfig l 'm PatentedJune 5 1917. 9

Wn'fn afieas gar. I Williaml ray! f y-maqlwtwfl g 5 WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CAN-L ean er.

Speotncatlon of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 2, 1918. Serial No. 771,158.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that l, WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Can-Labeling, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in can labeling and the invention consists in providing sheet metal food preserving and other cans with a sheet metal label of a construction and method of attachment more particularly hereinafter set forth and made the subject matter of claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a sheet metal sardine can embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, vertical section of the same taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of the same taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the said drawing, A is the body of the can, and which may be provided with the usual removable bottom B adapted to be removed when opening the can by means of a rolling key. 0 is the he for opening the can placed in a recess D ormed in the head of the can. E is the head of the can secured to the walls of the body by seam F. This cover is so constructed and secured to the 'can body as to present an upward extension or rim, the entire head or cover excepting the seaming part of the same, bein thus countersunk below the upper edge of t e can wall, producing a shallow cavit to receive and retain the sheet metal labe G is the sheet metal label made to conform in outline to the general shape of this cavity and consisting of a sheet of metal cut to this shape and having lithographed or printed upon one of its surfaces the matter desired u on the label. This sheet metal label is app ied to the filled and closed can by bein placed flatwise in the cavity at the top 0 the can and secured to the can by the bendmg in of the seaming wall at two or more polnts, as indicated at H, H. Before the label is applied and secured in place the key for opening the can may be placed in its recess, as indicated in the drawing, and the label will thus serve to retain the key in place during shipment. To get at the key the label may be removed from the can by simply springingv it out of its engagement with the walls of the seam. The labe being a simple flat sheet of tin with the printing upon it, may be retained by the consumer to serve as a manufacturers card, the can and the key being thrown away.

I claim 1. The combination witha can having a countersunk head, and an upstanding bendable seam around said head by which seam the can body and said head are united, of a resilient sheet metal label plate independent of said head and conforming to the countersunk rtion thereof, and removably held inplace y opposite sides of the said upstanding seam which are bent toward each other over the edges of the label plate, the edges of said plate being resiliently braced outward against the base of said seam.

2. The combination with a key-openmg can having a countersunk head, and an upstanding bendable seam around said head by which seam the can body and said head are united, of a resilient sheet metal label plate independent of said head, removably held in place by opposite sides of the said upstandmg seam which are bent toward each other over the edges of the label plate, the edges of said plate being resiliently braced outward against the base of said seam; the head being formed with a 'de ressed recess, and a removable can-o enin ey held in said recess under the la el p ate.

LLI E. TAYLOR. 

